How to configure SNMP on a Brocade VDX 6740T-1G switch

Below is a snippet of the config that worked for me to allow SNMP v1 polling of a Brocade VDX 6740T-1G switch. Nothing fancy, I just wanted to enable read-only, SNMP v1 access to the switch to start capturing the load of the interfaces. Note that the NOS version is 6.0.2.

snmp-server contact "Your network crew"

snmp-server location "DC A"

snmp-server sys-descr "Brocade VDX 6740T-1G"

snmp-server community XXXXX groupname monitor

snmp-server view monitor 1.3.6 included

snmp-server group monitor v1 read monitor

The first three lines are not interesting. The forth and the last one will enable SNMP v1 read-only access. Note that you have to specify a groupname. You can name it whatever you like but it has to be consistent.

Finally, without ‘snmp-server view monitor 1.3.6 included’ line you will be able to poll the switch but no data will be returned. Perhaps it could be useful if you have multiple teams and you want to separate who can monitor what, but since I don’t need it I allowed access to the whole MIB.